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Posted on 8/13/12 at 3:25 pm to SPEEDY
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Well if part of the GOAT criteria is social impact and tour recognition then you really narrowed the field significantly since there is really one answer....Tiger.
Tiger is an undeniable part of pop culture but I'm struggling to think of his most impressive act of social consequence.
Maybe the spread of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea to three continents?
Posted on 8/13/12 at 3:35 pm to beaverfever
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It's been Jack/tiger then everyone else since like 2001. If we start the debate at number 3 then I think it's between Snead and Bobby Jones.
I agree with this.
I think you could probably throw Walter Hagen in the mix as well. He won 11 majors in 15 years at a time when there were only 3 official majors.
ETA: After doing some reading, I think Bobby Jones should be #3, in just 8 years, he won (at the time the 4 majors: US Open, British Open, US Amateur, British Amateur) 13 times. And at the peak of his career (1930 at 28 years old, when he won all 4) he retired from competitive golf and only played in the tournament he helped create, The Masters.
Also, he was never able to compete in the PGA championship, because he never became a professional.
ETA2: Also, he bet on himself to win the Grand Slam in 1930 at 50:1 odds and won $60,000
This post was edited on 8/13/12 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 8/13/12 at 3:42 pm to molsusports
To me what really gives Tiger that last push past Jack for GOAT is the fact that he won the US JR/Amateur six straight times. Tiger is the kind of athlete that people will tell tall-tales about in 50 years and his exploits will blur the line between myth and reality.
This post was edited on 8/13/12 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 8/13/12 at 3:45 pm to texastiger38
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Also, he bet on himself to win the Grand Slam in 1930 at 50:1 odds and won $60,000
That's badass!!!
Posted on 8/13/12 at 3:57 pm to KingofthePoint
my top 5
tiger
jack
jones
hogan
snead
tiger
jack
jones
hogan
snead
Posted on 8/13/12 at 4:07 pm to lsugolf1105
If we want to muddy the water further we could talk about Byron Nelson. The father of the modern golf swing won 11 straight tournaments in 1945 (and 18 of the 35 he entered that year). He also finished in the top 20 of every field he entered for 113 straight times.
Granted his records would have been a lot more impressive had his career not been interrupted by the war and had he not decided to retire at 34 years of age to become a rancher.
Granted his records would have been a lot more impressive had his career not been interrupted by the war and had he not decided to retire at 34 years of age to become a rancher.
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